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2025 Newsletters
| Editions | Content |
|---|---|
| March 2025 (No. 42) | Brushless Electric Motors, Charger Repair, SLEC Limbo Dancer Build, Paper Plane Build, Indoor Flying, Storm Eowyn |
2024 Newsletters
| Editions | Content |
|---|---|
| December 2024 (No. 41) | Flying Field Power Options, Everything Goes Left – Precession, How to Calculate How Much C of G Will Move, Undercarriage and Landing Failures, Edge Tx, SE5a, Mini Robot |
| October 2024 (No. 40) | Introduction to Express LRS (ELRS) Part 2, On Board Glow, Issues with a Stuck Clunk, Ornithopter, Foamies, Waterplanes at Loch Leven, Drone Eyeball Image, Hamza in the Oats, Ian McL’s Removated Glider, Second Fly-in of the Year, BAE Hawk, Arising Star, Jumper 25, Mike HIll’s Bad Day at the Office (EDF Jet, Sundancer, Ruckus) |
| August 2024 (No. 39) | Two Blokes Arguing in a Workshop (Wright Brothers History), V Tail with Spektrum (Series of Disasters at the Field), 3D Printed F104G Starfighter, The Arising Star’s (Long Journey to Flight, Avios Bushmule V2, Mid Air Collision, Acrowot, Super Decathlon, First Fly-in of the Year, Metal Detectorists, Boomerang, OS120 FS in Yak 3U Steadfast, P51 Ruckus with GMS52, Simon Kasama Helicopter, Easy-Star, Apprentice |
| June 2024 (No. 38) | Maintenance Days, The Big Scottish Fly-in, Girocopter, BUilding a Foam Board Plane, Installing New Servos into an Enigma Glider, Introduction to Express LRS (ELRS) Part 1, FMS Maule, Apprentice, SLEC Funfly, Timber, Scottish Rocketry Event, Cambrian Akrostar, Billy Wilkie’s Aerobatic Biplane, Timber Evolution, PB Models Skydancer, Pilot Trainer, ASW-28 glider, Tundra, Moonglow IV, Ruckus, Moonglow |
| April 2024 (No. 37) | Telemetry Musings 2, First Attempt at 3D Printing a Plane Part 2, New Build – PB Skydancer, Tim Knowles Deep in the Mud, Cessna Foamie, Autogyro, Tundra, Go Wolf, Futaba Skysport 6, Rookie, Cox Baby Bee, Scanner, Apprentice, Toms £50er (not real name!) |
| February 2024 (No. 36) | BMFA Scotland Meeting Jan 2024, Telemetry Musings, Electric Rookie Conversion, Polish Air Museum at Krakow, First Attempt at 3D Printing a Plane Part 1, KIngfisher, Bixler, Precedent Funfly, Magnatilla, Thunder Tiger 54, OS56 FS, Moonglow, Rookie, Go Wolf |
2023 Newsletters
| Editions | Content |
|---|---|
| December 2023 (No. 35) | Application for Grant, BMFA Scotland Inaugural AGM, Aerials, Free Access to RCM&E & Other RC Magazines, Funflys, Mascot, Billy Wilkies Helicopters |
| October 2023 (No. 34) | Application for Grant, BMFA Scotland Area Meeting, PWM and Digital Servos, Building the SLEC Funfly, Scottish Mens Shed Association, Loch Leven Waterplanes, Trainer Crash, Max Thrust Ruckus, Tidy ClLub House, Mike Hill FLying Heli, Repainted Club House, Decathlon, Alpha Glider |
| August 2023 (No 33) | Dog Walking Facility, The BMFA in Scotland, S-Bus, 3D Printed Marmalade, A Poem About Model Flying, Autogyros, OS 46AX II, Boomerang V2 No More, Valiant |
| June 2023 (No. 32) | The BMFA in Scotland, Models over 7.5kg flying about 400 ft, Flight Controllers, New Build PB Crescent Bullet, Douglas Funtons Planes, Rocketry Event, Billy Hatleys Yak 54, Mass Flying Event – 11 flyers, Maricardo, Before and After, Paul Wasiks Moonglow VI, Bixler after an Arument with a Pole, Boomernage Jet, Seagull Challenger |
| April 2023 (No. 31) | The BMFA in Sotland, Models over 7.5kg flying about 400 ft, Ochroma, Demise of the Super Stearman, 80 inch Mosquito, Ian McL and his Planes, Stile Painted, Club Helicopter Trainer, Club IC Trainer, Annas Cub returning to Earth, MIke Hills SAB Goblin 700 heli before and after. Bill and Broken Glider, Ians Repaired Electric Glider, Overflowing Burn, Tom Ws helicopter, Bill with Wots Wot |
| February 2023 (No. 30) | The BMFA in Scotland, BMFA Events in 2023, To Gyro or not to Gyro, The First 12 Months, BoomerSPAD |
2022 Newsletters
| Editions | Content |
|---|---|
| December 2022 (No. 29) | Memberships and Registrations, Fire on Board, The Piper Pawnee, Helicopter Conversion, Maricardo, Flybarless N9 |
| October 2022 (No. 28) | Pickled Onions, Club Fixed WIng Nitro Trainer, Drone Flying at KRMFC, Summary of the Loch Leven Seaplanes Event, She Refused to Fly, Lost and Found, 3D Printing – is it Witchcraft?, Work in Progress Large Vulcan, Decathlon, A Large FLock of Geese, Heron |
| August 2022 (No. 27) | Drone Racing Events at KRMFC, Departures 2, Wren 160 Repair, Mascot Repairs, Mobile Phones and Transmitters – A Good Idea?, Magnattila, Seagull Low Wing 40, Cub, Hurricane, Precedent Fun Fly, Kyosho Clmato, Pilot Extra 330, Kingfisher |
| June 2022 (No. 26) | North/South Emergency Runway, World Record Attempt, KRMFC AGM, South Stile, Litter, Drone Racing Events at KRMFC, Departures, Mascot Repairs, Lightning and Wren 160, My First Solo Plane Flight, Getting the Cub Ready, Edge 340, T28 Trojan, Cub |
| April 2022 (No. 25) | World Record Attempt, Club Helicopters, Sunday Flying, Connector Test Bed, Kraken, Taylorcraft 85inch, Avantis EDF Jet, Mascot, Howard DGA-5 Ike |
| March 2022 (No. 24) | Club House Now Open, World Record Attempt, REpairing Rookie 68 Wings, A Flying Memory, A Tale of Two Sundays, Apprentice, A Hover of Helicopters on the Bench, Kingfisher |
| February 2022 (No. 23) | Club House Now Open, Flyer ID, Article 16, KRMFC AGM, The Fall and Rise of a Seagull Boomerang – A Short Story, Sebart Fiat G91 EDF, Phoenix Kingfisher Again, Twister Electrifying, Ye Olde Foamie Acrowot, Rookie 68 Wings |
2021 Newsletters
| Editions | Content |
|---|---|
| December 2021 (No. 22) | KRMFC AGM, BMFA Affiliation, Kyosho Calmato Sport 60 Build, Fighting the CAA Isnt New, Model Plane Across the Atlantic, Grmpy Instructor, Kingfisher (Temporarily Broken), Arising Star (Permanently Broken), SAB Kraken, Esquire, Apprentice, Boomerang, Mascot |
| November 2021 (No. 21) | BMFA Affiliation, Article 16, Setting up Your First Trainer, The BMFA – a History, Tony Nijhuis Westland Lysander, Vulcan on the Building Board, Boomerang |
| October 2021 (No. 20) | BMFA Affiliation, Article 16, Small Trainer, The Wednesday Club, Chipmunk, Drone Racing, Koysho Calmato 60, SAB Kraken Goblin 580, |
| September 2021 (No. 19) | BBMFA Affiliation, Article 16, A Tale of Two Missing Aircraft, Goblin, Kingfisher, Mythos Pro 2M, Rookie 68, Aeropet 50, Max Thrust Aggressor, Avanti Jet |
| June 2021 (No. 18) | BMFA Affiliation, Article 16, Spektrum DX6 Transmitter Switch Replacement, Waterplanes at Lochearnhead, Bronco, Taylor Craft, New Flight Box, Breitling, Acrowot, Cub, Kingfisher, Seagull Edge 540, OS 40 FP, Cub Trainer, Apprentice, JR Perkins Impact, Baby Boomerang, 80s Trainer, Synergy N5C, Synergy N9, ALign T-Rex 450, SAB 500, OS Max 20, Cessna 180 Foamie, Calmato 60 Sports, BLade 450X, SAB Goblin Sport 500, TAylor Craft, Rookie glider, Ian Semples van. |
| May 2021 (No. 17) | Understanding the Stall (Part 2), Ripmax Bolera Snake OS52 FS, Prusa i3 Mk3 3D Printer, Focke-Wulf Ta 152, Turnigy 3536, Carl Goldberg Valkyrie, Cessna 152,Edge Small, Spitfire Mk IX, Northern Pike, Tutor 2, Arising Star, Super Dalotel, Ares Gamma, Wots Wot, T-Rex SAB Kraken, Avant, GY611, GV-1, Webra 60, T33, Hawk, Boomerange V1 OS46, Durafly Tundra, Deagull Yak 54, Apprentice, Kosmo, T-Rex 550 |
| April 2021 (No. 16) | Ektranoplan for Beginners, Understanding the Stall, An Ordinary Flyer, Fuel the Debate, Seagull Edge 540 V2 180 DLE40, Hanger 9 Taylor Craft Zenoah 23cc, Rookie, Cox 49, DC Dart, Super Sterman 46 biplane, Eindecker 111, Laser 80, KIngfisher, Arising Star, Riot, Dalotel, VQ Beaver, Seagull Ugly Stik, Apprentice, Wots Wot, Laser 70, Seagull Challenger, Vulcan, Autogyro, Tutor 2, Tundra, Ruckus |
| March 2021 (No. 15) | New Regulations for Aeromodellers from 1st January 2021, DB Sport & Scale Rookie 68 continued, My Tiger Moths, Laser 180 FS, OS52 FS, ARTF Seagull CHipmunk DHC-1, My Lockdown Experience |
| February 2021 (No. 14) | CAA New Drone and Model Aircraft Rules, Early Flight (An Article on European Early Flight), SAB Goblin Kraken 700, DB Sport & Scale Rookie 68, Mantua Models Kosmo 3, Tony Ray Bleriot XI |
| January 2021 (No 13) | CAA New Drone and Model Aircraft Rules, Something Different, Repair of Super Sterman 46, Repair Shop (Arising Star Repair), |
2020 Newsletters
| Editions | Content |
|---|---|
| December 2020 (No 12) | Getting Balance into your Life, FPVs to LOS (First Person View to Line Of Sight), Durafly Tundra, Eflite UMX Turbo Timber, Totor 2, Arising Stat, Riot, Boomerang, OS 46 Stearman Biplane |
| November 2020 (No 11) | Twin or Single – Thats the Dilemma, What Every Flyer Should Know and Have, Wot 4, Arising Star, Super Tigre 46, Beaver, Zenoah 26cc, Vulcan, Multiplex Easy Star, Tutor 2, Magnum 61, Kingfisher |
| October 2020 (No 10) | Piper, A10 EDF, Tutor 2, Vulcan, Arising Star, Hawk, Zero, Acrowot, Military Registrations, A Blast from the Past (June 2014) |
| September 2020 (No 9) | Kinross Newsletter and Dalgety Bay Diary article, Apprentice, Tutor 2, Chiili WInd 40, Boomerang, Riot, Howard IKE DGA-5, Ugly Stik, Arising Star, Stearman, Spitfire, Wot 4, KIngfisher, Harvard, Radio Controlled Jet Aircraft by Dave Kelly, Civil Aircraft Markings, A Blast from the Past (June 2014) |
| August 2020 (No 8) | Activity at the Field, OS35 Esquire, Arising Star, Riot, Tutor 2, Apprentice, Aviomordelli Gem 80, Ruckus, Beaver, Kingfisher, Magnatella, Atom XL autogyro, Repair Required, A Guide to LiPo Batteries, Full Circle, Pheonix Flight SImulator, Crashed and Burned, A Blast from the Past (March 2015) |
| July 2020 (No 7) | Last Month at the Field, Committee Profile Alan Veitch, A Foray into the Ups and Downs of Full-Scale Gliding, Kit of a Kit, A Blast from the Past (March 2015) |
| June 2020 (No 6) | Committee Profile Billy Dunn, PC9 Windsock, Why is Balsa Wood Classified as a Hardwood when it is Soft?, Metric or Imperial, A Blast from the Past (Date unknown but probably 2014….) |
| May 2020 (No 5) | Change of Editorship, Post Lockdown Maidens, Man Cave Caravan, Is This why Some RC Pilots have Trouble Flying a Clockwise Circuit?, A Blast from the Past (March 2014) |
| May 2020 (No 4) | Member Profile Douglas Fulton, Great British Aerobatic Association notes on Trimming for Aerobatics, Gyros in Planes, A Blast from the Past (March 2014) |
| April 2020 (No 3) | Trimming out a Model, Committee Profile Mike Hill, Apprentice Tail Plane Replacement, A Blast from the Past (February 2014 – including Tom Wilson ate my Mole!) |
| February 2020 (No 2) | When a Fly Alights on a Ceiling, Does it Perform a Loop or a Roll in Order to get Upside Down?, Committee Profile Neil Grayson, KRMFC Static Display 2020 (Kingsgate Shopping Centre), A Blast from the Past (Thornton Highland Games 2014) |
| January 2020 (No 1) | Static Display Kingsgate Shopping Centre, How to Make Your Engine Run Better |